Newspaper hats
Phil Cummings
A little girl, Georgie, visits her grandfather in the nursing home where he is suffering from memory loss, and manages to reconnect with him when they make newspaper hats for everyone.
Read Time: ~6.1 hr
This side of salvation
by Jeri Smith-Ready (2014)
About this book
After his older brother is killed, David turns to anger and his parents to religion, but just as David's life is beginning to make sense again his parents press him and his sister to join them in cutting worldly ties to prepare for the Rush, when the faithful will be whisked off to heaven.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThis side of salvation Lead Character
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